OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaPeggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any other American! She lived on the International Space Station, doing fun science experiments and looking down at our beautiful blue planet. Peggy is one of the best space explorers ever!
Peggy has lived in space for a total of 675 days, which is more than any other American astronaut! She became the very first woman to command the International Space Station. She has put on a big, puffy spacesuit and gone outside for ten different spacewalks to fix parts of the spaceship. Peggy showed the world that hard work and determination can take you all the way to the stars!
- Peggy Whitson spent a total of 675 days in space, more than any other American astronaut!
- She was the first woman ever to command the International Space Station.
- Peggy went on 10 spacewalks and spent over 60 hours floating outside the space station!
